On a basic level, most of us are familiar with HIV, the virus that can progress to AIDS. HIV attacks your body’s immune system, especially your CD4 cells, which are vital to helping your body fight off infection. The virus can reduce the number of those infection-fighting cells, making you more vulnerable to certain infections …
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2022 should be dubbed the Year of True Crime. With The Dropout, Inventing Anna, Girl from Plainville and countless other true crime reenactments hitting streaming services just in the first half of the year alone, it’s clear Hollywood is obsessed with taking stories ripped from the headlines. There’s are even set to be multiple adaptations …
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Zero Halliburton The world is opening up and, for many of us, the first thing on our minds is how to get out of town, especially with the summer coming up. Buried under all of our sweatpants and sweatshirts we bought in the pandemic is our luggage, dusty and squished from months of neglect. If …
Nearly 30 years on from the original Jurassic Park, the upcoming sequel Jurassic World: Dominion will mark the return of three main characters: Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum). In a recent video for Vanity Fair, the three actors share the “oral history” of the classic movie, including …
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May 12, 2022 – Emma, a 29-year-old communications manager, recently found out that she is six weeks pregnant. The choices she faces about her health and body are starkly different from eight years ago when, as a college student in Indiana, she decided to have an abortion. Emma, who asked that her last name not …
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May 12, 2022 – Artificial intelligence has moved from science fiction to everyday reality in a matter of years, being used for everything from online activity to driving cars. Even, yes, to make medical diagnoses. But that doesn’t mean people are ready to let AI drive all their medical decisions. The technology is quickly evolving …
How Do Patients Feel About AI in Health Care? It Depends Read More »
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Young adults who struggle to afford food face an increased risk of diabetes later in life, possibly due to the long-term effects of eating cheaper, less nutritious food. That’s the conclusion of researchers who analyzed data on nearly 4,000 people from …
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By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Is there a way to make eating out more environmentally friendly? A team of German researchers thinks the answer is a bright green yes. They’d like restaurants to offer menus that clearly label the environmental impact — or “carbon footprint” — of specific …
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May 12, 2022 – Some smokers might not get lung cancer because of their DNA, researchers report in a new study. These people have genes that help limit mutations, or changes, to DNA that would turn cells malignant and make them grow into tumors, the researchers say. Scientists have long suspected that smoking leads to …
Some Smokers Don’t Get Lung Cancer; Genetics Might Be Why Read More »
Wonho is not the type of slim, lithe guy lots of people envision when they think of a former boyband member whose music videos are heavy on choreographed dance routines and eye-popping visuals. The K-Pop star, who is now a fully-fledged solo act, looks more like a bodybuilder when he takes off his shirt (which …